Analysts Point to ‘Social Inequities’ in Obama’s Healthcare Fix

“As equity analysts we’re not normally in the business of pointing out social inequities,” reads a new note from Susquehanna Financial, “but we will today.”

What has the Susquehanna team noting such inequities? President Barack Obama said today that he wants to let insurance companies keep offering healthcare plans that aren’t compliant with the federal health law.

Insurers have been telling their customers that plans that do not meet the law’s requirements for robust coverage criteria will be cancelled, leading to claims Mr. Obama broke his promise that Americans can keep their existing health insurance policies under the new law. Today’s fix — which will need to be implemented by state-level health insurance regulators — tries to keep those existing policies on the market, but only for people already signed up to them, not new customers.